Uri Avnery writing in the Gulf Times [as republished on Information Clearing House]:
"In this war, as in any modern war, propaganda plays a major role. Almost all the Western media initially repeated the official
Only when the horrible scenes from Gaza started to appear on Western TV screens, did world public opinion gradually begin to change."
Michael Brull in "If Israel Does It Then It Can't Be Wrong" in newmatilda.com:
"It has been interesting watching the so-called "pro-Israel lobby" work the media over the course of Israel's latest demonstration of its military superiority in Gaza.
One journalist recently wrote in the Guardian that the Israeli Government is actively recruiting people to peddle their talking points in the media. That's not a big surprise. It's certainly part of the reason why I keep reading the same idiotic things over and over again in media from across the world: England, Australia, America, and also from Israel."
And this from Crikey by Margaret Simon [respected journalist and author and media commentator] in "Oz correspondents flown to Israel as part of PR offensive":
"Yesterday Sydney Morning Herald columnist Paul Sheehan published a column headed "It’s Too Easy Just to Blame the Jews" which referred to a time last November when he "happened to be in Israel".
Sheehan referred to briefings he received from the Israeli Government on the reasons for the operation in Gaza. He also referred to a tour he took of a Palestinian refugee camp.
The column was about the depth of passions -- on both sides ---concerning Israel.
But Sheehan did not just "happen" to be in Israel. He was on a tour organised and sponsored by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and the Israeli Ministry for Foreign Affairs -- part of the Israeli public relations effort.
This fact was not declared in his column.
He has previously written this column based on his trip to Israel, and here too the sponsors of his trip were not declared."
"In this war, as in any modern war, propaganda plays a major role. Almost all the Western media initially repeated the official
Israeli propaganda line. They almost entirely ignored the Palestinian side of the story, not to mention the daily demonstrations of the Israeli peace camp. The rationale of the Israeli government ("The state must defend its citizens against the Qassam rockets") has been accepted as the whole truth. The view from the other side, that the Qassams are a retaliation for the siege that starves the one and a half million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, was not mentioned at all.
Only when the horrible scenes from Gaza started to appear on Western TV screens, did world public opinion gradually begin to change."
Michael Brull in "If Israel Does It Then It Can't Be Wrong" in newmatilda.com:
"It has been interesting watching the so-called "pro-Israel lobby" work the media over the course of Israel's latest demonstration of its military superiority in Gaza.
One journalist recently wrote in the Guardian that the Israeli Government is actively recruiting people to peddle their talking points in the media. That's not a big surprise. It's certainly part of the reason why I keep reading the same idiotic things over and over again in media from across the world: England, Australia, America, and also from Israel."
And this from Crikey by Margaret Simon [respected journalist and author and media commentator] in "Oz correspondents flown to Israel as part of PR offensive":
"Yesterday Sydney Morning Herald columnist Paul Sheehan published a column headed "It’s Too Easy Just to Blame the Jews" which referred to a time last November when he "happened to be in Israel".
Sheehan referred to briefings he received from the Israeli Government on the reasons for the operation in Gaza. He also referred to a tour he took of a Palestinian refugee camp.
The column was about the depth of passions -- on both sides ---concerning Israel.
But Sheehan did not just "happen" to be in Israel. He was on a tour organised and sponsored by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and the Israeli Ministry for Foreign Affairs -- part of the Israeli public relations effort.
This fact was not declared in his column.
He has previously written this column based on his trip to Israel, and here too the sponsors of his trip were not declared."
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